Cockatoos (Cacatuidae)
Little Corella (Cacatua sanguinea) - HBW 4, p. 276
French: Cacatoès corella
German: Nacktaugenkakadu
Spanish: Cacatúa Sanguínea
Other common names: Bare-eyed Cockatoo/Corella
Taxonomy: Cacatua sanguinea Gould, 1843, Port Essington, Northern Territory.
Alternative genus name Kakatoe now obsolete; official suppression proposed. Forms superspecies with C. goffini. Sometimes considered conspecific with C. pastinator, and in past these two treated as conspecific with C. tenuirostris; on current evidence, these three forms probably best considered to constitute three separate species. Five subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- transfreta Mees, 1982 - lowland S New Guinea.
- sanguinea Gould, 1843 - NW Western Australia and Northern Territory.
- westralensis (Mathews, 1917) - Murchison R, Western Australia.
- transfreta Mees, 1982 - lowland S New Guinea.
- sanguinea Gould, 1843 - NW Western Australia and Northern Territory.
- westralensis (Mathews, 1917) - Murchison R, Western Australia.
- gymnopsis P. L. Sclater, 1871 - inland C & E Australia.
- normantoni (Mathews, 1917) - W Cape York Peninsula.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A pair on the nest. Locality South Australia, Australia
Max Roth 1 August 2005 3 years ago 1 min 12 sec 4.3 -
Several birds feeding on the ground Locality Luke Cullulleraine, Victoria, Australia (ssp gymnopsis)
Matt Weeks 4 June 2004 4 years ago 15 sec 4.1 -
A pair of birds perching in a tree. Locality Ruffey Lake Park, Doncaster, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (ssp gymnopsis)
Nick Talbot 31 December 2010 2 years ago 25 sec 4 -
A bird drinking from a puddle and calling. Locality Port Hedland, Western Australia, Australia (ssp sanguinea)
Barry Attridge 21 December 2007 3 years ago 21 sec 4 -
A pair perched and calling from an eucalypt tree. Locality Hattah-Kulkyne National Park, Victoria, Australia (ssp gymnopsis)
Josep del Hoyo 29 October 2009 1 year ago 24 sec 3.8 -
A close-up of several birds foraging Locality Townsville, Queensland, Australia (ssp gymnopsis)
Eldert Groenewoud 26 July 2007 3 years ago 35 sec 3.8
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Little Corella feeding on native bottlebrush shrub
Locality Inskip Point, Rainbow Beach, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 August 2010 1 year ago 4.5 -
flying
Locality Queensland, Australia (ssp sanguinea)
Georges Olioso 12 September 2007 2 years ago 4.1 -
Little corellas at play beside the Swan River
Locality Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Margaret Leggoe 16 February 2010 1 year ago 4 -
A pair roosting on a branch.
Locality Ruffey Lake Park, Doncaster, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (ssp gymnopsis)
Nick Talbot 31 December 2009 2 years ago 4 -
portrait
Locality Queensland, Australia (ssp sanguinea)
Georges Olioso 11 September 2007 2 years ago 4 -
One of a flock feeding in riverside she-oaks
Locality Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia (ssp gymnopis)
Lindsay Hansch 30 June 2009 50 weeks ago 3.7
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A pair calling. Locality Hattah-Kulkyne National Park, Victoria, Australia
(ssp gymnopsis)
Josep del Hoyo 29 October 2009 1 year ago 4.5 -
multiple birds calling. Also Torresian Crow in the background. Locality Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
(ssp gymnopsis)
Mat Gilfedder 22 January 2010 2 years ago 3
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